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\section[Image Requirements]{\label{sec:image-requirements}%
  \genidx{requirements!image}%
  \gensee{image requirements}{requirements, image}%
  Input Image Requirements}

All input images for \App{} must comply with the following requirements.

\begin{itemize}
\item
  The images overlap.

\item
  The images agree on their number of bits-per-channel, this is their ``depth'':
  \begin{itemize}
  \item
    \code{uint8},
  \item
    \code{uint16},
  \item
    \code{float},
  \item
    \dots
  \end{itemize}

  See option~\option{--depth} below for an explanation of different (output) depths.

\item
  \App{} understands the images' filename extensions as well as their file formats.

  You can check the supported extensions and formats by calling \App{} with
  option~\option{--show-image-formats}.
\end{itemize}

Moreover, there are some good practices, which are not enforced by the application, but almost
certainly deliver superior results.

\begin{itemize}
\item
  Either all files lack an \acronym{ICC} profile, or all images are supplied with the
  \emph{same} \acronym{ICC} profile.

\item
  If the images' metadata contains resolution information (``\acronym{DPI}''), it is the same
  for all pictures.
\end{itemize}


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